FTS Installed Before Launch & Potential Catch | SpaceX Boca Chica

SpaceX is performing the final steps to ready Starship, and Stage Zero, for a flight as early as this Sunday. This includes the testing of the water deluge system, checkouts on the chopsticks, and FTS installation!

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✂️ Edited by Thomas (@_thomashayden).

L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Water Deluge Test
1:02 Protective Boxes Moved
1:22 Protective Boxes Installed
1:45 Camera Work on the Tower Mast
2:08 Ship QD
2:37 Ship 30 Destack
5:06 Booster 12’s Raceway Opened
5:38 Work Inside Ship 30
5:49 Work on OLM Delivery Continues
6:38 “Test Tank 16” Lifted From Stand
7:01 Work on Ship 30
7:25 Crews on the Chopsticks
7:42 Work on the Tower
8:01 Booster 12
8:34 Booster FTS Boxes Opened
8:52 White Boxes Removed
9:04 White Box Installed
9:25 Ship FTS Work
9:43 Mural on the Parking Garage
9:57 Boca Chica Beach
10:17 Chopstick Testing
10:30 The Launch Site
10:38 Ship 30 Moved Into the Chopsticks
11:11 Flag Deployed on Tower 2
11:29 Mural Installation
12:05 Night at the Launch Site

[Senshikaji]

I like Das's regional accent and the way he pronounces words. It adds to the feeling that we're all friends just chilling.
NSF has such a collection of accents/languages spoken on screen; from various brands of English to German & Spanish. It's good.

[markw]

We need a story time with Das just talking about the history of Boca Chica

[roxy]

Just a few days ago we all expected Starship flight 5 to take place no earlier than late November. But in a matter of days, no, hours this expectation changed to this weekend. And now theire imstalling FTS already! Lets hope everything goes as planned, go s
SpaceX!

[OhShiitakeMushrooms]

5:41 the worker got on his laptop to watch the latest episode of NSF.

[bideford]

Love, love, love the Das recaps. Keep them coming.

[badrinair]

fanastic. thank you DAs, Jack, Mary and the NSF team for sharing such wonderful udpates. Cant believe this bohemot is going to take to space and come back in few days time

[dumdum]

Yes the board's on top are actually for in case you get close to a wire

[jrdaparker]

IMHO, the narration really ties everything together quite nicely. I seldom watched these before Das started narrating, and now I watch every one. Question Das: how did you get that nickname and what does it mean?

[spacebeetle]

Das has that perfect bedtime story voice

[brettnewbert]

Im down for a Boca Chica History by Das - series

[goldenfloof]

I didn't know about the mural, that's actually really interesting.

[MrKellymcilrath]

Thanks DAS for another awesome SpaceX Boca Chica Update! Thank you & NSF!

[CandaceWatson-nw]

8:02 it's cool how the moon is in the background, which will be the target of this operation eventually. 😮

[f.w.]

The pilings were temporally exposed right before hurricane Allen made land fall in 1980, I remember my dad driving us kids down to Boca Chica, before the storm came ashore, I remember being some confused since it was sunny summer day the storm was still way offshore, and caused an extreme low tide, the pilings were actually taller, but the tops got ripped, beach goers who could get access to beach (since the street was practically gone) found some around and the flats way passed the dunes, I actually thought they were completely ripped out, thanks for posting this, If my old man was still alive I would tell him the pilings survived, LOL, ask Mary about Hurricane Allen, I was 10 years old at the time but they said concrete from boca chica highway leading to beach were found around the village.

[FerociousPancake]

If the guys actually building the ships and equipment have been this careful and precise about everything before F5 I don’t even want to know what people from the engineering and software side have been up to. I think it’s gonna be a great flight and no matter what we’re going to see more progress just as we’ve seen with every other flight.

[dksaevs]

DAS, Correct the board's on top are to help prevent a snag on a wire but the chase vehicles should be warning the truck operator about the low wires.

[MichaelCarriger]

Great job on the commentary and photography! Thanks!

[Lexington-Concord]

Thank you Daz. Deluge or deluge who cares !. God bless you.

[GerardHammond]

With Das Droll - these are the best episodes!

[jcdavis]

Even the murals at Starbase are out of date before they're released😂the flaps are still Version 1